The Faculty and staff are committed to the development of students. The faculty provides an excellent balance of skills and expertise to cover a broad range of learning experiences for our students. Each faculty member brings a unique contribution to the theory and practice of the occupational therapy curriculum.
Mailing Address
450 30th Street, 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94609
FAX Number
510.457.4008
Department Chair
Kate Hayner, EdD, OTR/L
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.879.9200 ext. 9279
khayner@samuelmerritt.edu
Administrative Staff
Drew Ward
Administrative Assistant
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.879.0787
dward@samuelmerritt.edu
Donna Breger Stanton, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level II
Associate Professor
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.879.9200 ext 7388
dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Domenique Embrey, MS, OTR/L
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level II
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.879.9200 ext 7520
dembrey@samuelmerritt.edu
Liz Kleine, MOT
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Level I
450 30th Street, 4th floor
Oakland, CA 94609
510.879.9200 ext 7519
lkleine@samuelmerritt.edu
Faculty
Donna Breger Stanton, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Beth Ching OTD, M.Ed., OTR/L
bching@samuelmerritt.edu
Ciara Cox, PhD, MS, OTL
ccox@samuelmerritt.edu
Elaina DaLomba, PhD, OTR
Domenique Embry, MS, OTR/L
dembry@samuelmerritt.edu
Laura Figueroa, OTR/L
lfigueroa@samuelmerritt.edu
Ginny Gibson, OTD,OTR/L, CHT
ggibson@samuelmerritt.edu
Gordon Muir Giles, PhD, Dip COT, OTR/L, FAOTA
ggiles@samuelmerritt.edu
Goli Hashimi, MSc, OTR/L
ghashimi@samuelmerritt.edu
Kate Hayner, EdD, OTR/L
khayner@samuelmerritt.edu
Liz Kleine, MOT
lkleine@samuelmerritt.edu
Christina Lewis, PhD
clewis@samuelmerritt.edu
Barb Puder, Ph.D.
bpuder@samuelmerritt.edu
Chi Kwan Shea, PhD, OTR/L
cshea@samuelmerritt.edu
Robyn Wu, OTR/L, OTD, BCP
rwu@samuelmerritt.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Nancy Chee, OTD, OTR/L
nchee@samuelmerritt.edu
Nandini Dasgupta, MS
ndasgupta@samuelmerritt.edu
Kristina Fuller, MOT, OTR/L
kfuller@samuelmerritt.edu
Leila Gabriel, PhD, OTR/L
lgabriel@samuelmerritt.edu
Kirsten Lindgren-Gershoni, MS, OTR/L
klindgren@samuelmerritt.edu
Scarth Locke, MOT, OTR/L
slocke@samuelmerritt.edu
Linda Monroe, MPT, OCS
lmonroe@samuelmerritt.edu
Drew Smith, PhD
asmith3@samuelmerritt.edu
Stacy Springer, MS
ssinger@samuelmerritt.edu
Corry Wagner, MOT,OTR/L
cwagner@samuelmerritt.edu
Robyn Wu, OTD, OTR/L
rwu@samuelmerritt.edu
Faculty Bio